One of the true classics of horror, THE SHINING is regarded as one of Stephen King''s masterpieces. Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a ''shiner'', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, Danny''s visions grow out of control. As winter closes in and blizzards cut them off, the hotel seems to develop a life of its own. It is meant to be empty. So who is the lady in Room 217 and who are the masked guests going up and down in the elevator? And why do the hedges shaped like animals seem so alive? Somewhere, somehow, there is an evil force in the hotel - and that, too, is beginning to shine . . .

As a storyteller, he is up there in the Dickens class

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Wake up the new reader and shake up the existing reader - between Spring 2021 and Autumn 2024 Hodder is reissuing groups of Stephen King's books in a wonderful new livery. THE SHINING is an iconic CHILLING CLASSIC, regarded as one of Stephen King's masterpieces.

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STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His titles include Firestarter, Misery and The Talisman (co-written with Peter Straub).

Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time.

King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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THE SHINING is an iconic CHILLING CLASSIC, regarded as one of Stephen King's masterpieces.